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Archive for Adar I / Adar II 5768 - March 2008
Biblical Faith – with Sam Peak
Weekly series with new shows available every Tuesday.
We have discovered that there was a primeval creation in which the heavenly bodies and the globe that we inhabit were created. The surface of the earth, however, was destroyed and recreated 974 times. The last creation, which formed the ground beneath our feet and our earliest ancestors, took place some 5,700 years ago. That creation began on the twenty-fifth of Ellul and cumlminated on the first of Tishre. For this reason all historical dates are calculated from the first of Tishre, for the creation of mankind is the beginning of history.
From “Mysteries of the Creation” by Rabbi Dovid Brown. We are studying from the following pages: pg. 66–73.
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Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman
Weekly series of short messages concerning the weekly Torah Portion.
The burnt offering and the sin offering offer insight into the enigmatic statement of our sages that a ba’al teshuvah – a penitent individual – achieves a spiritual height that even a tzaddik gamur – a perfectly righteous individual – can never attain.
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Tzav (Leviticus 6:1-8:36)
Parashat Tzav is read on Shabbat:
15 Adar 2, 5768/March 22, 2008
Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman of The Temple Institute.
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On the Shabbat preceding the celebration of Purim, we read from Deuteronomy 25:17-19, a most startling commandment: hate the sworn enemy Amalek. Rabbi Richman explores the significance of these words.
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Biblical Faith – with Sam Peak
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A prophet might fail to grasp the complete meaning of his prophecy as with Yonah. It is also possible that a truth be revealed to a prophet and he not ascertain its full meaning. This, for example, is what happened in the case of Yonah. In his prophecy, he was told, “Nineveh will be overturned (Yonah 3:4).”
From the “RaMCHaL”–Derech HaShem–Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto. Page 227–233.
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Biblical Faith – with Sam Peak
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Without the scarifices and their associated maamodot the heavens and the earth would not endure. The Torah relates that Avraham asked Elokim, “How can I know that I will inherit the Land You promised me?” Avraham meant by this statement: “Perhaps Yisrael will sin and You will deal with them as You did with the generation of the mabbul or the generation of the Tower.” Elokim denied that. Avraham countered, “With what z’chus (merit) will they avoid such a fate?” Elokim responded, “Take for Me three heifers, three goats, and three rams,” indicating to him that the korbonot which Yisrael would scarifice from these species would serve the nation. Now, if the korbonot preserve Yisrael, they in effect preserve the universe, for if Yisrael would cease to exist, the world, too, would end.
From “Mysteries of the Creation” by Rabbi Dovid Brown. We are studying from the following pages: pg. 59–60.
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Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman
Weekly series of short messages concerning the weekly Torah Portion.
Vayikra – “And He called…” G-d calls through an inner and hidden voice to each and every one of us, each and every days of our lives, pointing to us our personal mission and purpose in our lives.
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Vayikra (Leviticus 1:1-5:26)
Parashat Vayikra is read on Shabbat:
8 Adar 2, 5768/March 15, 2008
Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman of The Temple Institute.
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Welcoming the new month of Adar with joy, a propitious time of blessing and tranquility. The secret of G-d’s hidden presence in the world and the unseen miracles he performs. A prelude to the month of Nisan, the season of revealed miracles.
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